BRISBANE: Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to cut short his attendance at a G20 summit in Australia, an official said yesterday, after he faced Western scorn and scepticism over Ukraine despite venturing to paper over Europe’s deepest chill in relations since the Cold War. The abrupt decision threatens to upend the annual summit’s focus on revamping the global economy and addressing the Ebola epidemic in west Africa. “The program of the second day (Sunday) is changing, it’s being cut short,” a source in the Russian delegation told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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Source: Kuwait Times
